Package-tier.



Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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A. SOHM.

ALBERT SOHM, OF TOMPKINSVILLE, NEW YORK.

PACKAGE-TIER.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24;, 1914.

Application filed June 3, 1914., Serial No. 842,715.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT SoHM, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Tompkinsville, in the county of Richmondand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inPackage-Tiers, of which the following is aspecification.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective packagetier for use in readily securing wrappings to the packages or insecuring together bundles of letters or other mail matter.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of apackage tier which consists of substantially two parts, namely, a tyingmember or cord and a means for securing the cord after the same has beenwrapped around the package.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in securing mail matter,and to this end the package tier is arranged and constructed so that itcan be quickly applied and as readily removed from the mail matter orpackage.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package tier, showing the same inposition on a package; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the securingmember for the cord.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a package 10 aroundwhich is adapted to be wrapped a suitable cord 11 held by a suitablesecuring member 12. The securing member consists, more particularly, ofa single piece of wire which is bent in a semi-circular form to providea handle or holder 13, looped at one end to provide an attaching member14 through which passes an end of the cord 11 as shown, the said pieceof wire being then bent to form a straight portion 15 terminating in aloop 16, with one extremity of wire forming a spring-like locking member17 having a portion extending substantially parallel to the straightportion 15, the other end of the wire being passed through a loop 16 andthen bent backward to form a hook 18.

member is placed on the package and hel handle 13 and the cord is thenlooped longituclinally of the package and passed over the hook 18,afterwhich the cord is passed transversely around the package and its freeend is arranged between the straight portion 15 and locking member 17, apull beingthen exerted on the free end of the cord to secure the sametightly around the package and to pull the same into the inner end ofthe locking member 17, after which the cord is given a hitch around thehook 18. It will thus be seen that the cord will be securely wrappedaround the package to pre vent it from coming apart, and particularly inthe case of mail matter such as envelops, the various cnvelops formingthe package will be securely held together by the cord when wrappedaround the envelope in connection with the securing member as mentioned.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device consistssubstantially of two parts, namely, the cord 11 and the securing member12 formed of a single piece of spring-like wire, thus insuring cheapnessof manufacture of the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a package tier, the combination with a cord, of a securing memberconsisting of a single piece of spring-like wire bent to form asemi-circular holder, with the said wire looped at one end of the holderand an end of the cord passed through the said loops, the said piece ofwire being then bent to form a straight portion looped around the otherend of the holder and terminating in a spring-like locking member lyingin the plane of the straight portion, with another extremity of the wirebent through the last mentioned loop and bent backward thereon to form ahook, said cord being adapted to be passed around the package, loopedover the hook and then again passed around the package and securedbetween the straight portion and the locking member, with an end of thecord hitched over the hook.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT SOI-IM. Witnesses:

T. Woonnousn, A. L. Scnwnn.

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